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On May 30, 2018, Konstantin Petrov, 31, Yevgeny Zyablov, 41, and Sergey Yerkin, 65, were arrested in Magadan on suspicion of practicing the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses. Searches were conducted.
The searches were carried out by FSB officers accompanied by armed masked special forces. The case is being conducted by an investigation team, including investigators Amerkhan Aspiev and Alexander Chuprina. During the searches, electronic devices, bank cards, books from the personal library were seized.
The believers are kept in a temporary detention center. The issue of the measure of restraint for detainees must be decided by the Magadan City Court no later than June 1, 2018.
Russian law enforcement officers mistakenly mistake the joint religion of citizens for participation in an extremist organization and bring charges against them of "organizing" or "participating" in "extremist activities", and even of "financing" it (282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).